The official blog of Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle

03/03/2008

Seachd is going international!

Young Films has secured a deal with Altadena Films, an international sales agent, to sell Gaelic feature film Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, around the world. Altadena will represent the film at the Berlin Film Festival then at markets and festivals around the world thereafter. For the international market the English title will be Seachd - The Crimson Snowdrop.

Altadena Films (previously Inframe Films) specialises in acquiring rights to exceptional independent feature films by talented directors. The company is part of Hollywood Classics, which represents the classic film libraries of MGM/UA, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Canal Plus and Carlton International, as well as a number of films from independent producers.

Too late, I already bought it on amazon.co.uk ! The shipping took nearly three weeks, so I could have done with a french realease, but then, you have to win the film, haven't you ? I guess they didn't send many copies to France ! I'll get some friends to watch it, because it's a real must-see, and I'll just help them with the subtitles.
The movie's stunningly beautiful ! Thanks for the dream :).

Sorry for the ignorance....but will the Region 2 DVD play in US? Had the pleasure of seeing a screening of this extraordinary film in Milwaukee, WI and have taken pleasure in the memory of it ever since. Would gladly purchase from Amazon UK if it will work. Probably could have answered my own question with a little research...but too lazy right now.

North America is a growing Gaelic community. In Nova Scotia there is a move to make Scots Gaelic an official language. We are starving for Gaelic language films. Yet, every time we go online to purchase a Gaelic language film, we are told that the DVD is for Region 2 only. Where do we go to get Gaelic language DVDs for Region 1 (North America)?

I've looked to buy Seachd here in the US, but it still isn't available as a Region 1 DVD, despite the announcement of 03/03/2008. Altadena Films lists it on their site, with no info re. availability.
There is an active community of Scottish-Americans here in the States which would be interested in this film. When can we expect it?